DIY Scented Room Spray

I’m not exactly known for my short and sweet tutorials. But, I assure you this recipe for making DIY scented room spray is exactly that…short and sweet! What I like best about this DIY room spray is that it uses natural ingredients and natural scents. The chemical or fake smell of commercially bought room deodorizers really bothers me.

Ingredients & Supplies:

Spray bottles (found at Dollar Tree)

Distilled water

Essential Oils (lavendar, lemon, rosemary, cinnamon, cranberry)

Avery Kraft Brown Labels (22808)

Ribbon or twine

Optional: shape cutting scissors

Instructions:

Drop approximately 15 drops of each essential oil in the bottom of a squirt bottle. These are a few of the scents I experimented with:

Lemon + Lavendar

Lavendar + Rosemary

Lemon + Rosemary

Rosemary + Cinnamon

Cranberry + Cinnamon

If you are feeling less adventurous, you can stick to one scent and add 20 drops to the bottle.

Fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water. (You might wish to have labels already pre-printed or put a sticky note on each so you don’t forget which concoction you have inside.)

Design your labels. Avery.com has some great designs already created for you. Simply download the file and edit in MS Word.

Print your labels. If you desire to fancy them up, cut around the edges with shape scissors. Tie a ribbon around the neck and give them out as favors or gifts this holiday season!

You’d probably make the gift recipient even happier if you include a printed copy of the recipe ;-).

Comments

Oops…..re.read the post and see where you said you found the bottles at the Dollar Tree. I was so excited about this little project that I missed that. Sorry. Glad I found your blog and I am looking forward to all of your ideas

Do you need to worry about the oils and water staining fabrics or furniture? I love the idea but I have silk drapes and furniture from the 1700’s and I worry about water marks. is there another medium that would evaporate faster?

Why do you have to use distilled or filtered water? Would tap water be ok?
Also, do you know how long these will keep fresh?
Thank you!! I can’t stand fake scents either, and I’m oober excited to try some of these!! 😀

I have been reading other spray ‘recipes’ and they add alcohol (vodka) to keep the scents from fading. Without alcohol do you find that the scents fade? Also, I noticed that Lavender is spelled wrong on the spray bottle labels.

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